It’s been an experience. Then again, when is it NOT an experience dealing with the federal government!?!
I've debated getting a new car for a year or so. It’s been a great car, so I wasn’t quite ready… until “Cash for Clunkers” came along.
When talk of the program first started, my husband realized it might be just the right opportunity to get rid of the old truck he had. Although it still ran okay (even the AC worked!), it was 20 years old and had close to 250,000 miles on it. Definitely a clunker. Considering the “Blue Book” value was less than $500, why not turn it in for a $4500 rebate? It was the perfect time to cash it in for a new car!
The first day the program went into effect we were at the local Chevy dealership. We were their first clunker customer. Little did I know that’s where the headache would begin. Never before have I walked out of a dealership after purchasing a new vehicle that I didn’t have my papers in hand, ready to make the journey to the assessor’s office and the revenue department. Things were such a madhouse at the dealership that it took two days to get my papers. Granted, the business manager had been on vacation, so that also slowed things down. Things went smoothly at the tax assessor’s, but came to a standstill once I reached the revenue department. Turns out I was their first clunker customer, too. Seems one hand didn’t know what the other was doing and all the fingers pointed to the government in blame. Everyone was polite to me (and I to them), but it still frustrated me to no end! I just wanted to get my car taxed and licensed!
To make a long story short…. more than a week after making the deal, I finally got everything sorted out and now am the proud owner of a new 2009 Chevy Malibu.
So far I love it!
I've debated getting a new car for a year or so. It’s been a great car, so I wasn’t quite ready… until “Cash for Clunkers” came along.
When talk of the program first started, my husband realized it might be just the right opportunity to get rid of the old truck he had. Although it still ran okay (even the AC worked!), it was 20 years old and had close to 250,000 miles on it. Definitely a clunker. Considering the “Blue Book” value was less than $500, why not turn it in for a $4500 rebate? It was the perfect time to cash it in for a new car!
The first day the program went into effect we were at the local Chevy dealership. We were their first clunker customer. Little did I know that’s where the headache would begin. Never before have I walked out of a dealership after purchasing a new vehicle that I didn’t have my papers in hand, ready to make the journey to the assessor’s office and the revenue department. Things were such a madhouse at the dealership that it took two days to get my papers. Granted, the business manager had been on vacation, so that also slowed things down. Things went smoothly at the tax assessor’s, but came to a standstill once I reached the revenue department. Turns out I was their first clunker customer, too. Seems one hand didn’t know what the other was doing and all the fingers pointed to the government in blame. Everyone was polite to me (and I to them), but it still frustrated me to no end! I just wanted to get my car taxed and licensed!
To make a long story short…. more than a week after making the deal, I finally got everything sorted out and now am the proud owner of a new 2009 Chevy Malibu.
So far I love it!
7 comments:
It's a very pretty car, Kelly! You're the 3rd person I know who's traded in. Sounds like you got a great deal. Good for you!! Blessings!
Nice car.....but if you think dealing with the government on the clunker was difficult....just wait for Obamacare. We'll all have to get used to waiting, and waiting, and waiting. Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink.
I'm surprised it went as well as it did . . . good job, though, keeping your cool and everything. Pretty car too.
Yay Kelly, great car.
No comment on politics (for once)
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Saw it! Rode in it! Great ride, too!
My few dealings with Medicare, thus far, have been a headache, also.
Seems they don't cover the 'boot' the foot doc put on for the fractured foot. The boot cost $450 which, in itself, is a totaly ripoff!! The Medicare item # they used to deny the claim (which I promptly researched) had to do with chair lifts. Chair lifts???? What the hell has that got to do with an Air cast for a broken foot????
The Medicare denial letter said I didn't have to pay "THIS TIME" since I didn't know it wasn't covered.
My other denial right after I got my coverage was the Advair disk that I've used for years to control my Asthma. Had to get my doc to appeal and finally get it covered. They wanted me to take *2* meds. instead of the 1 disk. One of the meds was a steriod pill (no way!) and the other a rescue inhaler which I already keep on hand in case of an emergency!
Medicare insisted I was being treated for COPD which is what they said I needed the 2 meds for. I don't have COPD. I have Asthma and have had my entire life with is nicely controlled, and has been for a number of years, with the Advair disk. I rarely have to use my rescue inhaler anymore.
That's a good thing.
So, I'm already finding that navigating the govt. run healthcare a headache. Thank God I don't many issues and only 2 meds to deal with.
I also learned that, under Universal coverage in England, I would have to be nearly blind in my right eye to get coverage for the shots I currently get in my left eye for Macular Degeneration.
Be careful what you wish for people.
Given this new and highly unusual program, and you being the first customer to take advantage of it, I am not surprised that the transaction was a little uncertain at times and, unlike Mike, I do not take this as a sign that anything government does is inherently incompetent and inefficient. (Wanna privatize fire departments and see how that goes?) It sounds perfectly human.
And congratulations on the new wheels!
Sounds like France.
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